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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = (S)-beta-bisabolene synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.55
| CAS_number = 
| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/55
| GO_code = 
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'''(S)-beta-bisabolene synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.55}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((S)-beta-bisabolene-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Cloning and characterization of a novel gene that encodes (<em>S</em>)-&beta;-bisabolene synthase from ginger, <em>Zingiber officinale</em> |author = Fujisawa, M., Harada, H., Kenmoku, H., Mizutani, S. and Misawa, N. |journal = Planta |year = 2010 |volume = 232 |pages = 121–130 |pmid = 20229191}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> (S)-beta-bisabolene + [[diphosphate]]

The synthesis of (S)-beta-macrocarpene from (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate proceeds in two steps.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|(S)-beta-bisabolene+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]